NCC again, fails to give time for naming InfraCos for remaining zones
More than two years after hurrying to name bid winners for Lagos and North Central zones Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos), the telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has maintained sealed lips on when other zones will know their InfraCos. In his…
MainOne, 2 others changing narratives of data centre operations
In the last two years, investigations have shown serious improvement in the hosting of contents in the country with the advent of commercial data centre operators like MainOne, Rack centre and Medallion. The trio had also achieved Tier 111 certification….
Costly connectivity, power supply key problems of data business—MDXi
The Product Manager at MDXi Data Centre, Vremudia Oghene-Ruemu, has listed the major challenges frustrating data centre business in Nigeria. In his presentation as a panelist at the just concluded Capacity Africa Conference which held in Kampala, Uganda, he explained…
IXPN wires Ghana’s internet exchange point to grow sub-regional independence
Indications have emerged showing that Africans are beginning to adopt the position of the chief executive of the leading cable group, MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke, who recently challenged the continent to work towards domesticating its internet exchange points and end…
Continental internet exchange’ll reduce cost, boost performance—MainOne boss, Opeke
Last woman standing in the comity of telecoms giants and chief executive of West Africa’s leading connectivity and data center services provider, MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke has called for African Internet traffic domiciliation. In her lead argument at the just…
MainOne, others seek greater investments tailored to drive data market in Africa
Experts at the International Telecoms Week conference in Chicago have highlighted the need to accelerate investment in Africa to facilitate the continent’s broadband data explosion. Data center operators lead by MainOne Cable Company said the best thing to happen in…
IXPN, MDXi seal deal on peering transit traffic using MainOne network
Two leading data firms, MainData Nigeria (MDXi) and the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) recently announced a new partnership to expand the peering of Internet Transit traffic within Nigeria. The deal will be consummated using numerous networks and content…
